diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
index e45d238..ca1c419 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        nodeVersion: [ 18, 20, 22 ]
+        nodeVersion: [ 20, 22 ]
         jdkVersion: [ openjdk9, openjdk10, openjdk11, openjdk21 ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source code
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7629bad..c60a715 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const java = javaInit.getJavaInstance();
 
 ```javascript
 const java = require("java");
-java.classpath.push("commons-lang3-3.18.0.jar");
+java.classpath.push("commons-lang3-3.19.0.jar");
 java.classpath.push("commons-io.jar");
 
 const list1 = java.newInstanceSync("java.util.ArrayList");
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ java.asyncOptions = {
   syncSuffix: "",              // Sync methods use the base name(!!)
   promiseSuffix: "Promise",   // Generate methods returning promises, using the suffix Promise.
 };
-java.classpath.push("commons-lang3-3.18.0.jar");
+java.classpath.push("commons-lang3-3.19.0.jar");
 java.classpath.push("commons-io.jar");
 
 java.import("java.util.ArrayList"); // see NOTE below
diff --git a/scripts/commons-lang/pom.xml b/scripts/commons-lang/pom.xml
index 5ec9c25..11c3470 100644
--- a/scripts/commons-lang/pom.xml
+++ b/scripts/commons-lang/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5</version>
+      <version>3.19.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src-java/commons-lang3-node-java.jar b/src-java/commons-lang3-node-java.jar
index 7a44d7e..11e9172 100644
Binary files a/src-java/commons-lang3-node-java.jar and b/src-java/commons-lang3-node-java.jar differ